"Then--go!" cried the manager, and Russ was about to turn the
operating handle.
"Vait! Vait a minute. Holt on!" cried the voice of Mr. Switzer.
"Don't shoot yet alretty!" and he held up a restraining hand.
"Oh, what's the matter now?" demanded Mr. Pertell, with a gesture of
annoyance.
"Vun of mine shoes--he iss unloose, und der lacing is
dingle-dangling. It might trip me!" explained the good-natured German
actor, in all seriousness.
"Well, fix it, and hurry up!" cried the manager, unable to repress a
smile.
"Yah! I tie her goot und strong," he said, and soon this was done.
"Now then--all ready?" asked Mr. Pertell once more.
This time there was no delay, and the clicking of the camera was
heard as Russ turned the handle. Mr. DeVere and his two daughters
were not in this first scene, so it gave the girls a chance to lose
some of their nervousness--or "stage fright." As for Mr. DeVere, he
was too much of a veteran actor to mind this. Besides, he had played
many parts before the camera now.
Mr. Pertell stood with watch in hand, timing the performance.
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